Crystal Line: an awe-inspiring epic fantasy from one of the most influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation (The Crystal Singer Books, 3) - Softcover

McCaffrey, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552139114 ISBN 13: 9780552139113

Publisher: Corgi, 1993

Synopsis

The last in a beautifully written, mysterious and gripping trilogy that runs the gamut of human experience and emotion from Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author. If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this.

'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'Enthralling' -- ***** Reader review
'Over the years I have reread this Crystal Singer trilogy at least 3 times - brilliant story line and compulsive reading' -- ***** Reader review
'Wish there could have been more. Every time I read them, I seem to get more from the story' -- ***** Reader review
'Great writing and marvellous plot lines' -- ***** Reader review
'Love this trilogy!' -- ***** Reader review
'Do yourself a favour and read the whole trilogy you won't regret it.' -- ***** Reader review

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Killashandra was the most gifted Crystal Singer on Ballybran. With her partner, Lars Dahl, she held the record for cutting the terrible, fascinating, and infinitely rare black crystals - crystals that could destroy the brain of a Singer if they were not properly controlled. Killashandra and Lars Dahl together were an invincible pair.

So when, on the distant planet of Opal, a new, beautiful, unfathomable manifestation was discovered, Lars and Killashandra were the team asked to explore the 'Jewel Junk'. All those who had previously encountered it had died. Only the Crystal Singers, with the immune system of Ballybran in their blood, were thought to stand a chance of survival.

The 'Jewel Junk' was brilliant and mysterious, and became even more so when fed with some of Ballybran's precious crystals. But it was to be twenty-five years before the planet Opal released one of its secrets - a secret that was to prove the salvation of Ballybran and the Crystal Singers.

About this title

About the Author

Anne McCaffrey was one of the world's leading science-fiction writers, and won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as the Margaret A. Edwards' Lifetime Literary Achievement Award. She was deeply honoured to have been made a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 2005, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. Born and raised in the US and of Irish extraction, she moved to Ireland in 1970 where she lived in the ‘Garden of Ireland’, County Wicklow, until her death in 2011 at the age of eighty-five. She is the creator of the Dragonriders of Pern® series. Her website is www.pernhome.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corgi
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552139114
• ISBN 13: 9780552139113
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352